PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Sigvard Aurelius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirill Petrov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aurelius comes to the cage accompanied by Marcia Carolus Rex. Petrov is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Iron Man. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Aurelius
vs
Petrov

156 cm
31
130 lbs
19 - 2 - 0

176 cm
27
159 lbs
19 - 10 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigvard Aurelius!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kirill Petrov!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petrov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Aurelius.
Petrov throws a right hand that misses
and Aurelius counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Aurelius throws a head kick but Petrov moves out of range.
Petrov shoots and misses
and Aurelius counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

Petrov rushes Aurelius and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Petrov is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Aurelius is defending well for now.
Petrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Petrov scores with a shot to the side of Aurelius's head.
Petrov can't find room to land a body shot as Aurelius controls the action.
Aurelius landing knees to the body.

Petrov jumps guard and drags Aurelius to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Aurelius controlling from the top position.
Aurelius has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Petrov keeping moving, preventing Aurelius from controlling successfully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Aurelius tries to free his leg and advance position but Petrov is retaining full guard.

Petrov pushes a forearm under Aurelius's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Aurelius is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kirill Petrov!
Kirill Petrov is the new featherweight champion!
An out of breath Kirill Petrov thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.